When you knew that I had given all the kindness that I hadDid you think that it might be time to stop?When you knew that I was throughThat I'd done all I could doDid you really have to milk the final drop?Not content with my mistakeYou behaved just like a snakeAnd you left me for a wasp without a stingTell all my friends back homeThat I did it on my ownAnd that to their well-worn cares they should cling

When you knew that I had given all the kindness that I hadDid you feel you had to break that lonely vow?When you knew that I was throughThat I'd done all I could doDid you really have to sow that final plough?Not content with my mistake, you behaved just like a snakeAnd you left me for a wasp without a stingTell all the folks back home that he did it on his ownAnd that to their well-worn cares they should cling